Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Revenue Recognition, Gaming Taxes and Advertising Costs (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Component of Other Expense, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Complimentary revenues	$ 105.6	$ 101.2	$ 96.4
Promotional allowance costs	70.0	68.0	68.5
Gaming taxes	297.6	281.5	255.6
Gaming Expenses [Member]
Component of Other Expense, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Advertising costs	22.6	21.6	22.1
Pre-Opening and Development Costs [Member]
Component of Other Expense, Nonoperating [Line Items]
Advertising costs	$ 0.6	$ 3.0	$ 1.3

Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher AICPA

-Name Statement of Position (SOP)

-Number 93-7

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 720

-SubTopic 35

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6420018&loc=d3e36677-107848

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